Globalizing queer? AIDS, homophobia and the politics of sexual identity in India

Queer Sexuality: A Cultural Narrative of India’s Historical Archive

This article is a brief historical overview of the Queer archive in India. The precolonial and colonial archive provides several possibilities for ‘authenticating’ the queer identity and claiming some of the history that modern nationalist homophobia seeks to wipe out. Identities are complex to begin with and become more complicated when relating them to the nation and sexuality. Contemporary I...

The queerest of the queer: sexuality, politics and music on the Brisbane scene

Brisbane’s queer scene is relatively obscure, outside of those who actively participate in it, little is known of it and practically nothing is written about it. Broadly speaking, queer culture works in direct contrast to the coherent and commodified culture of the gay mainstream and collectively rejects conventional ‘gay music’ favouring instead a multiplicity of musical styles and performance...

Queer Melayu: Queer Sexualities and the Politics of Malay Identity and Nationalism in Contemporary Malaysian Literature and Culture

Intersections: Queer Asia: Advances in a Field in Motion

1. In recent years the idea or notion of a 'queer Asia' as a field of study or inquiry has emerged. However, as it goes with umbrella terms covering vast geographical regions and in this case also a considerably diverse range of sexual and political identities, a bit of wind from the wrong direction flips over what was neatly covered and questions its strength. It is the question of queer Asia ...

The protective effects of community involvement for HIV risk behavior: a conceptual framework.

This paper presents a conceptual framework of the protective effects of community involvement in HIV/AIDS-related groups and organizations for HIV sexual risk behavior among gay and bisexual men. The framework delineates hypotheses for future research, and provides a guide for prevention programs based on the active and direct involvement of participants, particularly communities of color. The ...